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Early one morning in April 1860, a rider carrying a precious cargo of mail spurred his horse and galloped out of the stables at St. Joseph, Missouri. He would ride for about 100 miles, changing horses every 10 miles, before relinquishing the mail sack to the next rider. That ride began the famous Pony Express, […]
The spread of cheap and powerful videoconferencing tools had led to widespread adoption of the technology in an effort to lower costs and put resources to better use. But Education Consultant and Executive Director of Academic Programs and Faculty at Daymar Colleges Group Ruth Reynard argues that it can improve teaching and learning as well. […]
Colleges that offer online courses across state lines, after fighting a federal rule they call unnecessary and outdated, now are concerned about states’ regulatory power in deciding how schools should comply with existing regulations. eCampus News Full Article
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education hosted an A-list of 150 higher education leaders and “disrupters” for a discussion Monday on how the federal government can encourage the more efficient production of college degrees and credentials. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
As the Open University tops this year’s National Student Survey for student satisfaction, we ask whether traditional university campuses will decline to make way for distance learning The Guardian Full Article
First, it was course management systems and then e-reader devices. Is the shift to digital textbooks going to be just the latest area where accessibility turns out to be an afterthought? Campus Technology Full Article
3 hours. That’s how long it used to take me to drive the local women’s group I worked with in rural Kenya from their village to the nearest bank — 15 years ago. When I visited these women a few months back, I watched as they electronically transferred money via their smart phones to their bank accounts […]
SAN JOSE, Calif.–Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today unveiled Adobe® Acrobat® XIsoftware with cloud services, a powerful new solution that rises to today’s complex document challenges. The industry standard for PDF software will now feature complete PDF editing and export to Microsoft PowerPoint; touch-friendly capabilities on tablets; and newly integrated cloud services, including sophisticated Web contracting […]
Scholars often present unpublished work at conferences. But while they may be willing to expose an unpolished set of ideas to a group of peers, academics may be less eager to have those peers turn around and broadcast those ideas to the world. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
The Open University’s YouTube learning channel has hit 10 million views, making it the most viewed university channel in Europe. Launched in 2008, the channel has grown rapidly through a mixture of course content from The Open University, and videos generated specifically for YouTube and promoted through various social media channels. The success of the […]